Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-07-28
BILL NYE And The FOURTH
how IT WAS CELEBRATED At WHALENS
GROVE LAST YEAR.

GROVE LAST YEAR.
An Grafton by a Self-Made Man Which Had
Bones in It-Suggestions of Deep Interest
to Representation as 1t Suggests Itself
to Hickory Township Man-Our Duties to
Common Country.
There were patriotic remarks and
grcased-pig exercises at Whalen's
Grove last year on the Fourth, all of
which, according to the Sandy Mush
Record Statesman, passed off with
marked success. From the opening
prayer to the base ball contest and
grensedpole doings, everything was
harmonious, aud the receipts were sat
sfactory. Col. l.. Forsyth Heeley act
ed rs marshal of the day, wearing q
maroon sash and mounted on his we'll
known horse, Mambrno King. A Sc
r,ous accident in Tia early morning
was happily averted by Col. Heesley's
coolmess and sclf-possession. A lady
from Lower Hominy, whose name could
not be ascertained, while actively en-
gagged in listening TO the band and
holding her young child so that it
could get Il good view of the sun, be.
came cntanglcd in her train, which had
worked around in front, and while re-
covering herself Col. l.. Forsyth Hee-
ley. came down the street in advance OF
the fire ladies. The horse was rear
ing high in the air and going sidewise
with screaking sound, which seemed
TO be caused by the fir clion between his
second and third stomach. His mouth
was wide open and his iiery-red gums
could be seen as far as the eye could
reach. Almost everyone thought there
would be holocaust, but at that try
ing instant, as if by magic, Col. Heeley
decided to 90 down the other street.
Our fire laddes made fine appear
ance, in their new, hot uniforms and
were not full during the parade. as
was stated by the Hickory Township
World.
Everybody seemed to feel an interest
in patriotism with the exception of an
old party from distance who opened
the exercises by cutting large water
melon and stributing it with Law .sh
hand among himself. He then went to
sleep in the corner of fence, where
he would have been greatly pcstered
by flies if he had found out about it in
time.
After pleasant and courteous prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Mecks, in VIII CHI he laid
before the Lord National policy
which he felt certain would make q
great hit, our Glee Club sang
Oh, say can you see, &c.
Judge Larraby read the Declaration OF
Independence in Il rich. dark red voice,
and self made man from Hickory
Township delivered the following inn
promptu address. the manuscript OF
which he kindly furnished to the Re
cord Statesman:
"FELLow-CITIzENs: This is the an
niversary of the day when freedom to-
wards all and malice towards none first
you IL lOOluOlu III WIS Souilly' nh'
we are now to celebrate that day.
say that on that day Treny and uzur.
patton got n setback that they will
never recover from. We then paved
the way for the poor. oppressed
foreigner, so that he could come TO our
shores and take liberties with our form
of government. TO be foreigner
here in America to-day is one of the
sweetest boonS. If / could be just
what | would like to be, l would be al
oppressed foreigner, landing on GU
shores. free from the taxation and re-
sponsiblitr of government, with II
social demands made on me, with moth
ing in my possession but hearty God
speed from both political parties and a
strong yearning for freedom. Oh, why
was | not born IN alien, that both par,
ties wouldn't dast to reprOach; an alier
that can come here and find Il govern
ment already established, with no file
, on it; government of the people, b,
the people and for the people? (Fire
} crackers and applause
"One day that Button Gwinnett pu
his name to the statement that all mel
was created more or less equal, the spO
/ on which we now stand was howlin!
, wilderness. Where Wonder lemonade
: profit of $40. So Oh an Investment O
q Sc. 80, the rank thistle nodded in tn
: wynd and the wild fox dag his hole I'm
E scared. If you do not belive this l re
\ fer YOU to the principal of our publ
0 school, who is to-day assisting in tn
3 band and who is now in the act of uI
!. ending his alto horn TO pour out abou
tea cupful of liquid melody that h
= had left over from the last tune.
. "And why s? Why are we to-da
l q free people, with surplus in tn
n Treasury that nobody Can get at
:. loud applause aud squeal from
4 CRASHED horse tied to II tree who
5 being kicked by two-year-old owne
J. by the Pathmaster of Road District Nc
+ 50
n "Why are our resources so gre;
o that they almost equal our liabilities
o Why is everything done TO make
, pleasant for the rch man and every il
ducement held out for the poor man
accumulate more and more propert,
. Why Is it that so much is said abol
q the tariff bv men who do not suppol
: their fam lies? Why is it that whe
. we vote for President of the Unite
q States we have to take our choice b,
Il tween statesman Ike candidate wit
:. great alb lily and proclivities for gran
-, larceny--why. is it that We are give
our choce between this kind of ms
:, and what Virgil refers to in his Chill,
a Harold as n chump? CHEERS. cries
- That's so' from man who is rivett
a, to the spot by means of new pitc
A. plank on which he is sitting and whit
:. will not permit him to move out of 81